[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 88 (Wednesday, May 7, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 24802]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-11887]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
9 CFR Part 94
[Docket No. 97-034-2]
Change in Disease Status of The Netherlands Because of BSE
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Interim rule; change in effective date.
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SUMMARY: We are changing the effective date of the interim rule that
added The Netherlands to the list of countries where bovine spongiform
encephalopathy exists. The interim rule first became effective on April
10, 1997, and was published in the Federal Register on April 15, 1997
(62 FR 18263).
DATES: The interim rule published in the Federal Register on April 15,
1997 (62 FR 18263) is effective March 21, 1997. Consideration will be
given only to comments received on or before June 16, 1997.
ADDRESSES: Please send an original and three copies of your comments to
Docket No. 97-034-1, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS,
suite 3C03, 4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-1238. Please
state that your comments refer to Docket No. 97-034-1. Comments
received may be inspected at USDA, room 1141, South Building, 14th
Street and Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC, between 8 a.m. and
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays. Persons wishing to
inspect comments are requested to call ahead on (202) 690-2817 to
facilitate entry into the comment reading room.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. John Cougill, Staff Veterinarian,
Animal Products Program, National Center for Import and Export, VS,
APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 40, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231, (301) 734-
3399; or e-mail: jcougill@aphis.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 15, 1997, we published in the
Federal Register (62 FR 18263-18264, Docket No. 97-034-1) an interim
rule that added The Netherlands to the list of countries where bovine
spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) exists because the disease had been
detected in a cow in that country on March 21, 1997. The interim rule
prohibits or restricts the importation into the United States of
certain fresh, chilled, and frozen meat, and certain other animal
products and byproducts from ruminants that have been in The
Netherlands. The effective date of that interim rule was April 10,
1997. We are changing the effective date of that rule to March 21,
1997. This action is necessary to ensure that the prohibitions and
restrictions established by the interim rule apply to animal products
and byproducts that were shipped to the United States from The
Netherlands between March 21, 1997, when BSE was detected in The
Netherlands, and April 10, 1997, when our interim rule was signed.
Executive Order 12988
This rule has been reviewed under Executive Order 12988, Civil
Justice Reform. This rule: (1) Preempts all State and local laws and
regulations that are inconsistent with this rule; (2) has retroactive
effect to March 21, 1997; and (3) does not require administrative
proceedings before parties may file suit in court challenging this
rule.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 147a, 150ee, 161, 162, and 450; 19 U.S.C.
1306, 21 U.S.C. 111, 114a, 134a, 134b, 134c, 134f, 136, and 136a; 31
U.S.C. 9701; 42 U.S.C. 4331 and 4332; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and
371.2(d).
Done in Washington, DC, this 30th day of April 1997.
Donald W. Luchsinger,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 97-11887 Filed 5-6-97; 8:45 am]
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